The Insects of Australia: A Textbook for Students and Research Workers, Volume 2

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Page 893(Plate 8, I), from rainforest in northern Qld, feed at flowers and rest with wings
outspread; sometimes, towards evening, they fly high above the forest and
migratory flights have been reported. The larvae have black and white bands and feed on ...

Page 897Coliadinae have the humeral vein in the hind wing greatly reduced or absent and
, in Australia, larvae that usually feed on legumes (Caesalpiniaceae, Fabaceae
and Mimosaceae), but also on Euphorbiaceae. Catopsilia (4 spp.) includes ...

Page 904Both feed on the foliage of Eucalyptus, and attach their oval, grey cocoons to the
bark. The larvae of the larger O. loranthi feed gregariously on mistletoe growing
on Eucalyptus; the cocoons are spun in a mass on the butt of the mistletoe.